And the first leg strengthened the bond between the clubs – who share You’ll Never Walk Alone as an anthem – with rival fans exchanging scarves and socialising together in the city in the build up to the game.

The quarter-final second leg comes on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the 1989 tragedy and Dortmund’s 3,000-strong travelling fans will hold up a mosaic before kick-off spelling out ‘96’ in black and yellow.